TAG: Pipelines
Northern Europe’s new naval priority: Submarine sabotage
HANKO, Finland — Finnish and British troops undertaking a routine naval training exercise on a recen...
8 months ago
Russian bombs failed to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid. Corruption could break its own
When Vladimir Putin landed in Khabarovsk on his tour of Russia’s Far East last week, he was given a...
8 months ago
Europe’s new energy risk: Trading Russia for America
On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician.The fiery discharge of excess gas is a constant reminder of the industry tha...
6 months ago
Tony Blair seeks climate role at COP29 in Azerbaijan
LONDON — Tony Blair was once hired to lobby for a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan that activists described as a “carbon bomb.” Now he wants to help the Baku government run its climate talks.The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), which was founded...
6 months ago
Sweden drops Nord Stream sabotage probe
Sweden is ending its investigation into the mysterious explosions that blew up the undersea Nord Stream pipelines after concluding the country's courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. In a statement issued Wednesday, Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungq...
6 months ago
Hungary’s new gas deal fuels Russia fears
Turkey's landmark gas deal with Hungary is giving Budapest a much-needed energy lifeline — but may be opening a new backdoor for Russia to re-establish its grip on Europe's power systems, analysts warn.Hungary has been searching for new gas sources as it...
6 months ago
6 countries move to protect the North Sea from Russians
Six countries bordering the North Sea signed an agreement on Tuesday to protect critical underwater infrastructure from foreign sabotage and attacks.The agreement — signed by Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and Denmark — aims...
6 months ago
Expect Russia to do ‘whatever possible’ to reassert influence in Bulgaria, outgoing PM warns
Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. Denkov, who stepped down on Tuesday, tol...
6 months ago
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
BRUSSELS — Put your money where your mouth is.Such grumbling is percolating across Europe as new data reveals France quietly ramping up gas payments to Russia just as President Emmanuel Macron loudly positions himself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest defend...
6 months ago
Azerbaijan president: COP29 won’t stop us investing in ‘god-given’ gas
Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan — the host of the U.N.’s next climate talks — used a major address Friday to send Europe a pointed message: you need our gas.The country’s fossil fuel reserves were “a gift of the gods,” Aliyev told a gathering of min...
5 months ago
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister
ROME — Italy has emancipated itself from Russian natural gas and would have no problem with a proposed package of EU sanctions on liquified natural gas (LNG) that the European Commission is considering, Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin sai...
5 months ago
EU ‘ready’ to negotiate as Hungary-Ukraine oil row boils over
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Tuesday said it would step in after Hungary and Slovakia accused Ukraine of threatening their oil supplies with its partial ban on Russian crude exports passing through the country.Kyiv last month adopted sanctions blockin...
2 months ago
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies
Hungary is racing against time to avoid power outages and fuel shortages after Ukraine imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.Kyiv last month imposed sanctions blocking the transit of pipeline crude sold by Moscow’s largest pri...
2 months ago
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates
BRUSSELS — Hungary on Monday said it had asked the European Union to take action against Ukraine for imposing a partial ban on Russian oil exports, arguing the move was jeopardizing Budapest’s energy security.Kyiv last month adopted sanctions blocking the...
2 months ago